Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. No society can develop sustainably without transforming the ...

Based on the contents of the 2012 World Development Report (WDR) on Gender Equality and Development, and designed to meet the need for "just-in-time" learning and accommodate professional and ...

Investing in women and girls and ending discrimination are key to fulfilling the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development New York, 16 September 2024 – The latest edition of Progress on ...

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Transformative change toward gender equality requires a concerted effort. This involves further investments, further changes in law and policies, further interventions to shift social and gender norms ...

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) represents a critical barrier to development globally. It is the most extreme manifestation of gender inequality and the most prevalent form of violence worldwide, ...

New figure points to the need of an additional $360 billion in investment per year to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030. New York, 7 September 2023 – Despite global efforts, the ...

Research provides evidence that cisgender children (children who identify as a boy or a girl according to their assigned sex at birth) show clear patterns of gender development. By age three, they ...